Fenton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has grown less common since.
Fenton is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,923 for boy births in the United States (and #14,566 across all names), given to 12 babies. Fenton first appears in 1883 and peaked in 1922 (40 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #6,923 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #7,415 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #8,463 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #8,528 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #5,409 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #5,322 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #4,524 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #3,921 |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #4,366 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | #3,465 |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | #3,043 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | #5,321 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #4,371 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | #3,190 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #4,553 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #5,570 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #4,808 |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | #4,592 |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | #3,818 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,149 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #5,379 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #8,383 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #7,439 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #7,226 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #7,100 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #9,073 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #10,135 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,133 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #7,965 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #7,773 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #6,757 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #5,122 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,823 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #7,656 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,116 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,520 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,884 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,015 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,592 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #3,549 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #3,938 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #3,932 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #3,897 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,696 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #3,939 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #4,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #3,197 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #3,026 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,868 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #2,545 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #2,007 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #2,488 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,179 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,524 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | #1,948 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #2,142 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,455 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #1,869 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #1,753 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #1,786 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #2,000 |
| 1958 | 29 | — | #1,459 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | #1,908 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,120 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,749 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #1,849 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | #1,528 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,578 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,082 |
| 1950 | 19 | — | #1,714 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | #1,723 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #1,840 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | #1,872 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,907 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,041 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | #1,595 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,012 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #1,761 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | #1,344 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | #1,492 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | #1,744 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,923 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,027 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,670 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | #1,611 |
| 1934 | 27 | — | #1,299 |
| 1933 | 26 | — | #1,316 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | #1,523 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | #1,508 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #1,665 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,657 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,492 |
| 1927 | 37 | — | #1,184 |
| 1926 | 40 | — | #1,132 |
| 1925 | 36 | — | #1,190 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | #1,256 |
| 1923 | 32 | — | #1,286 |
| 1922 | 40 | — | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #1,400 |
| 1920 | 34 | — | #1,242 |
| 1919 | 39 | — | #1,106 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | #1,200 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #1,609 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,352 |
| 1915 | 39 | — | #1,025 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | #1,239 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #1,183 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,197 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,606 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,349 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,193 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,145 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #894 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | #814 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,029 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #865 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,194 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #987 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,384 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #917 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,121 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #758 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,138 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #856 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #948 |